Jul 20, 2025

Front Matter and Contents >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< Volume XII, Number Two, August 2025

Volume XII, No. 2                                           

August 2025

   

Journal of the K-12 Revolution:

Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center

(Central Office) Staff by Position and Salary:

 

A Five-Article Series

 

A Publication of the New Salem Educational Initiative

Gary Marvin Davison, Editor    

 

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center

(Central Office) Staff by Position and Salary

 

A Five-Article Series        

          

Gary Marvin Davison

New Salem Educational Initiative

Copyright © 2025

 

Contents

 

Introductory Comments                                                                                                  

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center (Central Office) Staff by

Position and Salary

 

Article #1

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff Receiving More Than $100,000

 

Article #2

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff

Receiving Between $80,000 and $100,000

 

Article #3

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff

Receiving Between $60,000 and $80,000

 

Article #4

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff

Receiving Between $40,000 and $60,000

 

Article #5

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff

Receiving Below $40,000

 

 

Introductory Comments >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< Volume XII, Number Two, August 2025

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center (Central Office) Staff by

Position and Salary

 

This edition of Journal of the K-12 Revolution:  Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota features information pertinent to staff salaries for those who occupy positions at the Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center (central offices) as of July 2025.

 

Staff members total 542 in July 2025, down from 584 in May 2025, a 7.2% reduction.  Remuneration, though, was up in July 2025, from $48,341,612 in May 2025 to $48,864,041 in July 2025, constituting a 1% increase in expenditure for salaries.

 

Median annual salary at the Davis Center is $85,372, up from $83,291 on 13 May 2025 and from $81,259 on 14 April 2025.

 

For readers who have followed my articles on deceptive claims of staff reductions at the Minneapolis Public Schools, be reminded that in the Lisa Sayles-Adams administration issued conflicting claims of staff reductions during spring 2025, ranging from 11.74% to 13.8% to 14.22%. 

 

Further, while the language used suggested the given figures pertained to staff reductions, as in people occupying positions, the !3.8% figure upon which the administration eventually settled was based on reduction in FTE (full-time equivalencies), rather than actual staff position reductions. 

 

And even those figures were not based on FTEs filled by employees but rather FTE assigned to the Davis Center if all positions were filled.  This allowed the administration to claim a higher percentage reduction than was actually the case.  As of 13 May 2025, there had been only a one employee-filled FTE reduction from the figure given for 14 April 2025 (from 603 employee-filled FTE to 602 employee-filled FTE).  

 

Ultimately, figures did reveal the 7.2% reduction in Davis center staff actually occupying positions (people, rather than FTE). 

 

The confusion in clearly indicating Davis Center staff reductions from spring into summer 2025 strongly suggests an administration led by Lisa Sayle-Adams that is unable either to communicate clearly or to avoid a decided appearance of deception.

 

In any case, readers of this journal always get clear information, upon which they may compare the information given herein with that provided in previous editions of Journal of the K-12 Revolution:  Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota and on my other platforms, including my blog at

http://www.newsalemeducation.blogspot.com .

 

Immediately below, observe annual salary information, given in categories based on amount of annual salary received, followed by five articles giving Davis Center staff by position and salary for each of the categories.

 

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center (Central Office) Staff

According to Category of Annual Salary

 

Above $100,000

 

Above $200,000                            >>>>>                      7 Staff Members

$150,000-$200,000                       >>>>>                    11 Staff Members

$125,000-$150,000                       >>>>>                    31 Staff Members

$100,000-$125,000                       >>>>>                  121 Staff Members

 

Between $90,000 and $100,000

 

60 Staff Members

 

Between $80,000 and $90,000

 

85 Staff Members

 

Between $70,000 and $80,000

 

75 Staff Members

 

Between $60,000 and $70,000

 

74 Staff Members

 

Between $50,000 and $60,000

 

43 Staff Members

 

Between $40,000 and $50,000

 

19 Staff Members

 

Between $30,000 and $40,000

 

10 Staff Members

 

Between $20,000 and $30,000

 

4 Staff Members

 

Below $20,000

 

3 Staff Members

 

Article #1 >>>>> >Journal of the K-12 Revolution: Essays and Research from Minneapolis, Minnesota< Volume XII, Number Two, August 2025

Minneapolis Public Schools Davis Center Staff Receiving More Than $100,000 in Annual Salary

 

A total of one hundred seventy (170) staff members at the Davis Center receive salaries of more than $100,000 annually:

 

Seven (7) Davis Center staff members receive more that $200,000;  11 (eleven) receive between $150,000 and $200,000;  31 receive between $125,000 and $150,000;  and one hundred twenty-one (121) receive between $100,000 and $125,000.

 

Below, find these total of 170 members given by name, position, and annual salary:

 

 

Those Receiving Above $200,000 in Annual Salary

(7 Staff Members)

 

Lisa Lorraine Sayles-Adams

Superintendent

$266,000

 

Ty Camille Thompson

Deputy Superintendent of Schools

$226,000

 

Ibrahima Diop

Senior Finance Officer

$218,000

 

Jamie Lynn Jonassen

General Counsel

$207,295

 

Melissa Anne Sonnek

Senior Academic Officer

$204,418

 

Elizabeth Ann Keenan

Executive Director, Special Education & Health

$202,417

 

Thomas Christian Parent

Senior Operations Officer

$201,270

 

Those Receiving Between $150,000 and $200,000 in Annual Salary

(11 Staff Members)

 

Shawn Harris-Berry

Associate Superintendent

$198,258

 

Yusuf A. Abdullah

Associate Superintendent

$190,564

 

Alicia Inez Miller

Senior Human Resources Officer

$183,896

 

Tariro Chapinduka

Executive Director, Finance

$169,739

 

Scott G. Weber

Executive Director, Human Resources

$169,000

 

Tamuriel Lattice Grace

Executive Director, Equity & Climate

$163,238

 

Timothy Dean Wilson

Executive Director, Information Technology

$162, 358

 

Amy J. Tanzer Hillenbrand

Executive Director, Community Education

$156,437

 

Maria S. Roliinger

Executive Director, Academics

$156,437

 

Meghan Colleen Hicks

Executive Director, Student Support Services

$156,437

 

Karina Marie Magistad

Assistant General Counsel, Data Practices

$150, 648

 

Those Receiving Between $125,000 and $150,000 in Annual Salary

(31 Staff Members)

 

Ryan A. Strack

Assistant to the Superintendent & Board

$149,636

 

Hai-Yen Thi Vo

Director, Special Education Programs

$143,389

 

Daren L. Johnson

Director, Extended Learning

$143,389

 

Anthony Myron Fisher

Director, Athletics

$143,389

 

Paul D. Klym

Director, Career & Technology Education

$143,389

 

Sara Walker Etzel,

Director, Career & Technology Education

$143,389

 

Deron Lee Carrington

Assistant General Counsel

$143,389

 

Elizabeth Marie Meske

Assistant General Counsel

$143,389

 

Muhidin Warfa

Executive Director, Multilingual & Magnets

$142,835

 

Donnie Nicole Belcher

Executive Director, Communications & Engagement

$142,835

 

Dequaifrah Hussein

Executive Director, Special Education & Health

$142,835

 

Conra Joan Frazier

Director, Office of Equality & Civil Rights

$139,892

 

Courtney DeVeaux Holmes

Director, Special Education Programs

$136,480

 

Colleen M. Kaibel

Director, Student Retention & Recovery

$136,480

 

 

Amber R. Spaniol

Director, Nursing Services

$136,480

 

Oluwagbenga Omoniyi Ogungbe

Director, Risk Manaagement

$136,480

 

Aaron L. Gilbert

Director, Finance/Controller

$136,480

 

Marion Tizon

Director, Office of Latine Achievement

$136,480

 

Jennifer Rose Simon

Director, Indian Education

$133,151

 

Mason Campbell

Director, Enterprise Systems

$133,151

 

Nolan R. Murphy

Director, Special Education Monitoring & Compliance

$129,904

 

Syed Yasseen

Manager, Financial Systems

$129,904

 

Chirstopher T. Moore

Data Scientist, Sr.

$129,904

 

Wanda Y. Felder

Director, Early Childhood and Family Education

$129,904

 

Andrew E. Meierding

Director, Special Education Programs

$126,736

 

Isadora E. Szadokierski

Manager, Psychological Services

$126,736

 

Dena J. Luna

Director, Office of Black Student Achievement

$126,736

 

Nicole Deverich

Director, Information Technology Design & Training

$126,736

 

Kimberly Iveris Haynes

Director, Compliance/Data Practices

$126,736

 

Sizi Gayduobah Goyah

Director, Math & Sciences

$126,736

 

Jenny Yang

Director, Office of the Ombudsperson

$126,735

 

Those Receiving Between $100,000 and $125,000 in Annual Salary

(121 Staff Members)

 

Jibril Ahmed Yusuf

Manager, Capital Planning & Construction

$123,645

 

Martha C. Swanson

Director, Enrollment Management

$123,645

 

Eirc J. Vanden Berk

Data Scientist/Research, Evaluation & Assessment

$123,645

 

Melody S. Jacobs-Cassuto

Data Scientist/Research, Evaluation & Assessment

$123,645

 

Jason L. Worma

Director, Enterprise Infrastructure

$123,645

 

Phillip Benson Spainhour

Director, Information Technology Service Management

$123,645

 

Mitchell I. Roldan

Director, Office of the Obbudsperson

$123,644

 

Nandi Solorzano O’Brien

School Board Administrator & Assistant Clerk

$123,644

 

Melinda M. Stapley

Director, Area Learning Centers

$120,629

 

Amy A. Frey

Manager, Community Education Programs

$120,629

 

Opal D. Ehalt

Director, Contract Alternatives

$120,629

 

Daniel Goemann

District Master Planner

$120,629

 

Judy A. Brown

Manager, Mental Health Services

$120,629

 

Dawn M. White

K-12 Content Lead (ARE)/Multi-Tiered System of Support

$120,629

 

Daniel Pacuto Wathum-Ocama

K-12 Content Lead (Special Education)

$120,629

 

Teresa Mae Emery

K-12 Content Lead (K-12 Talent Devcelopment)

$120,629

 

Melanie Dawn Keillor

School Improvement Specialist

$120,629

 

Pattie Lyn Lagos

K-12 Content Lead (ESL)

$120,629

 

Stephanie A. Davies-Larson

K-12 Content Lead (Magnet Math)

$120,629

 

Grace Ngozim Mobosi-Enwesi

K-12 Content Lead (Magne STEM/STEAM)

$120,629

 

K-12 Content Lead (Magnet Math)

$120,629

 

Julie Ann Loxtercamp

K-12 Content Lead (Magnet ARts)

$120,629

 

Jennifer Ann Hanzak

K-12 Content Lead (K-5 Math)

$120,629

 

Kelsie Nicole Leonard

K-12 Content Lead (6-12 Math)

$120,629

 

Courtney Marie Johnson

K-12 Content Lead

$120,629

 

Marie C. Olson

K-12 Content Lead (Literacy Intervention)

$120,629

 

Sarah C. Lindquist-Swanson

K-12 Content Lead

$120,629

 

Kelly N. Meade

K-12 Content Lead

$120,629

 

Lori L. Ledoux

K-12 Content Lead (Arts Programming)

$120,629

 

William Perkiss

K-12 Content Lead

$120,629

 

Cherese Celene Williams

Human Resources Business Partner

$120,629

 

Diane R. Dee

Manager, Budget & Planning

$120,629

 

Robert L. Kohnert

K-12 Content Lead (Concurrent Enrollment)

$120,629

 

Amy Isabel Young

Director, English as a Second Language

$117,686

 

Robin Michael Villareal

Manager, Teacher Development

$117,686

 

Wendy A. Menken

Student Information Analyst, Lead

$117,686

 

Julie Lynn Ripplinger

K-12 Content Lead (K-5 Literacy)

$117,686

 

Ryan Daniel Mulso

Administrator, High School and Pre-BA

$117,686

 

Mahamed Rage Mahamed

K-12 Content Lead

$117,686

 

Tristen A. Kangas

Manger, Payroll

$117,686

 

Jessica J. Rose

K-12 Content Lead (6-12 Reading Intervention)

$117,686

 

Kaly Gregory Czech

Manager, Occupational Therapist/Physical Therapist

$114,816

 

Charles Kendall Thomsen

K-12 Content Lead (K-12 Science)

$114,816

 

Maria F. Froud Martinez

K-12 Content Lead (Magnet Dual Language)

$114,816

 

Cierra Chanel Burnaugh

Human Resources Business Partner

$114,816

 

Jodi L. Henderson

K-12 Content Lead (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support [MTSS])

$114,816

 

Ann S. Lewerenz

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$114,816

 

Katy Marie Schalla Lesiak

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$114,816

 

Stephen K. Alexander

Manager, Community Education

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$112,015

 

EDD G. Hansen

SAP Systems Engineer

$112,015

 

Jeffrey M. Helstrom

Project Manager, Planning & Construction

$112,015

 

Diedra H. Geye

Project Manager, Planning & Construction

$112,015

 

Ann Marie Cierney

Project Manager, Planning & Construction

$112,015

 

Immanda M. Belim

K-12 Content Lead (Media

$112,015

 

Kelly Lynne Rothberg

K-12 Content Lead (K-5 Literacy)

$112,015

 

Alex Halvorsen Kuehn

School Improvement Specialist

$112,015

 

Morrigan Gorliante Meglinder Hughes

Data Scientist, Senior

$112,015

 

Stephen E. Montgomery

K-12 Content Lead (Ethnic Studies)

$112,015

 

Nneka Niambi Abdullah

K-12 Content Lead (Office of Black Achievement)

$112,015

 

Anna E. Beal

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) Instructional Specialist

$110,767

 

Jesse L.  Morgan

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$109,468

 

Harry E. Malone-Povolny

Resource Development & Innovation

$109,284

 

Channing C. Jones

Administrator, Minneapolis Residency Program (Grow Your Own)

$109,284

 

Kyle P. Bohm

Systems Network Engineer

$109,284

 

Edgar F. Alfonzo

Director, Engagement

$109,284

 

Anthony B. Gregory

School Improvement Specialist

$109,284

 

Thomas Morris Krueger

School Improvement Specialist

$109,284

 

Lelia Mohamed Hassan

School Improvement Specialist

$109,284

 

Brittany Marie Palmer

Human Resources Business Partner

$109,284

 

Elizabeth J. Frisby

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$108,170

 

Carletta L. Dukart

Teacher, Speech Language Clinician

$106,871

 

Carrie A. Foster

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment) Instructional Specialist

$106,871

 

Jessica Elda Oliver-Tebben

Program Coordinator (Out4Good)

$106,725

 

Charles Kippley

Student Information Analyst

$106,618

 

Krista C. Gustafson

Program Specialist, Community Education

$106,618

 

Monique Sharde Tweh

Manager, Social Worker

$106,618

 

Erin A. Lawrence

Manager, Speech & Language SErvices

$106,618

 

Mary Alice Rosko

Coordinator, Media Relations

$106,618

 

Alex D. Parke

Coordinator, Creative Design Services

$106,618

 

Joy Warner

Accountant

$106,618

 

Thuytanh T. Tran

Administrator, Minneapolis Residency Program

$106,618

 

Michaael John Herriges

Data Scientist

$106,618

 

Erica Jean Ahlgren

School Improvement Specialist

$106,618

 

Cory Monte Roseth

School Improvement Specialist

$106,618

 

Areille S. Roca

School Improvement Specialist

$106,618

 

Whitney M. Clemens

Manager, Accounting & Finance

$106,618

 

Casey Allen Strecker

K-12 Content Lead (College Programs)

$106,618

 

Deborah F. Nelson

Teacher, COSA (Counselor on Special Assignment)

$105,572

 

Kristin M. Johnson

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$105,572

 

Karen L. Maverick

Teacher, Special Education

$105,572

 

Wanda S. Holtaus-Monroe

Teacher, Counselor

$104,274

 

Piap Payne-Shannon

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), General

$104,274

 

Lashawn P. Adams

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), General

$104,274

 

Carissa J. Tobin

TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), PAR Mentor

$104,274

 

Anna Christina Bartl

TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), Instructional Specialist

$104,274

 

Elizabeth A. Halbach

TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), Instructional Specialist

$104,274

 

Frank C. Marin

Server Engineer, Senior

$104,146

 

Mireya Cammen-Marinez-Smith

Data Scientist

$104,017

 

Luke Bauer Peterson

Data Scientist

$104,017

 

Lourdes Fernoanda Regules Verduzco

Civil Rights Compliance Investigator

$104,017

 

Tammi S. Harmon

Teacher, Counselor

$102,975

 

Suzanne Kaye Nguyen

Teacher, Speech Language Clinician

$102,975

 

Todd H. Casell

Teacher, Special Education (Vision)

$102,975

 

Laurie L. McGurgen

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$102,975

 

Sue Vang

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$101,677

 

John Andrew Bauer

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), Literacy Specialist

$101,677

 

Andrew D. Workman

Service Engineer, Senior

$101,587

 

Ryan L. Moe

Systems Engineer, Senior

$101,587

 

Ashley R. Hightower

Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

$101,481

 

Lan B. Nguyen

Accountant

$101,481

 

Latdavanh Vongphachanh

Manger, Benefits

$101,481

 

Michelle Kim Staack

Administrator, Human Resources Strategic Projects

$101,481

 

Anna C. Bauman-Smith

K-12 Content Lead (Social Studies/Ethnic Studies)

$101,481

 

Maunghi T. Pearson

Applications Developer  

$101,481

 

Charels B. Patterson

Data Scientist

$101,481

 

Quincey Leon Traynham

Accountant, Senior

$101,481

 

Kara M. Patterson

Program Specialist, Early Childhood Education

$101,481

 

Andrea Renee Welvaert

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$100,378

 

Joya C. Musa

Teacher, Special Education (Vision)

$100,378

 

Jessica R. Krohn

Teacher, TOSA (Teacher on Special Assignment), PAR Mentor

$100,378

 

Britt Elizabeth Engrav

Teacher, District Program Facilitator

$100,378